About the book: 1965 / During the Great Patriotic War, the author of the book was the chief of staff of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, and then the commander of the naval defense of Leningrad. A lot has already been published about the war in the Baltic books. Yu. A. Panteleev set himself the task of writing about what is still unknown to the reader, revealing new pages of the heroic epic. He talks in detail about the feat of the garrison of Libau, who fought fiercely in the surrounded city. A very interesting episode was the rescue of Soviet ships that the enemy tried to lock in the Gulf of Riga. In three days, our sailors deepened the strait, previously considered unnavigable, and guided the cruiser Kirov and other ships through it. The reader will learn a lot of new things about the military affairs of submariners, naval pilots, naval miners, coastal artillerymen, hydrographers. The true pictures of the life of besieged Leningrad, the dedication and courage of its people are exciting.